Liberia parliament approves ExxonMobil farm-in

Liberia’s Senate and House of Representatives have voted to ratify an amended production-sharing contract for Block LB-13, enabling Canadian Overseas Petroleum Ltd (COPL) to bring in ExxonMobil as a partner (AE 250/1). The deal, which enables the US supermajor to take an 80% operating stake, had created controversy because of suspicions that Liberia might not be getting the best deal.